Hat-fastener.



Patented 0c t..l4, I902.

D. M. PFAUTZ.

HAT FASTENER.

Appliqation filed May 3, 1902.)

(No Model.)

WM V m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL M. FFAUTZ, OF GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOABNER H. BRYANT, OF MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,343, dated October14, 1902.

Application filed May 3, 1902. Serial No. 105,730. (No model.)

To all whont 116 may concern:

Beit known that LDANIEL M. PFAU'rz,a citizen of the United States,residing at Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFasteners for Ladies Hats, of which the following is a specifi cation.

Myinvention has relation to a fastener particularly adapted for ladieshats or bonnets,

and in such connection it relates to the construction and arrangement ofsuch a fastener. In articles of this type it is desirable that thefastening device be capable of positively securing the hat to the hairof the wearer and also be inconspicuous when the hat is worn. It is alsodesirable that the fastener be socured to the hat, so that loss ordisplacement of the fastener is impossible.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a fastener whichshall embrace all of the above advantages and yet at the same time becheap and simple in construction and readily adapted to be secured tothe annular 2 5 wall of the crown of the hat without seriously damagingthe hat or crown thereof.

My invention, stated in general terms, consists of a fastener for ladieshats constructed and arranged in substantially the manner 0 hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood fromthe following description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof,

5 in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat in the interior ofthe crown-wall of which the fastener of my invention is adapted to besecured and from the exterior of which the opcrating knob or barinconspicuously projects, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevationalview of the fastener with the cover-plate removed.

Referring to the drawings, (t represents a case for the finger of thefastener, consist- 5 ing of two plates of like form. These plates aresubstantially semicircular in outline. The curved or eccentric finger orprong cl is adapted to oscillate in a plane substantially parallel tothe annular wall of the crown b of the hat. The point cl and a portionof the body of the finger or prong d is adapted to swing freely into andout of the case, projecting at one time beyond the straight lower edgeof the case a and below the lower edge of the hat-crown b, as indicatedin full lines in Fig. 2, while when the fastener is not in use thefinger or prong dis wholly drawn into the case and within the hat-crownb, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The butt or root d of thefinger or prong d has a perfo- 6o ration,preferably square in outline,toreceive a squared projection e on a pin or shaft e. This shaft 6" has abearing in upset portions of the case and projects outwardly beyond theplate a and is adapted to traverse the annular Wall of the crown b ofthe hat. Upon the exterior end of the shaft e is preferably secured aknob a which is readily accessible from the exterior of the hat, asclearly indicated in Fig. 1. The case containing the fin- 7o ger orprong d is adapted to be readily secured to the inside of the annularwall of the crown b, and a preferred way being illustrated in thedrawings and consisting in forming eyelets or perforated ears f on thecase a and stitching these cars to the rim. In use when the knob e isturned in one direction the curved finger or prong cl enters the hair ofthe wearer of the hat and cannot be disengaged therefrom until the knobe is turned in the opposite direction. A stop d prevents the finger orprong d from traveling too far out of the case and also serves tosupport the finger as well as prevent the finger or prong cl fromyielding to pressure when the hat has a tendency to rise from the hair.The prong or finger d thus forms a fastening for the hat whichpositively locks the hat to the hair.

A second stop d prevents the finger or prong d from swinging too far inan opposite direc- 0 tion, and the two stops (1 and d thus serve asapositive limitation to the movement of the finger in the case. Theshape of the finger or prong d permits of its ready entrance into orremoval from the hair and without 5 disturbing or ruffiing the same.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hat-fastener, comprising a case, a curved or eccentric finger fixed toa pin or shaft movably mounted in said case, said pin or signature inthe presence of two subscribing shaft adapted to actuate said finger, astop witnesses.

secured to said case and arranged in the path of said finger, and saidstop and pin or shaft both adapted to support said finger in its 0p- 5erative position, substantially as and for the Witnesses: A

purposes described. J. WALTER DOUGLASS,

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my THOMAS M. SMITH.

DANIEL M. PFAUTZ.

